Today on a special themed edition of Broadcasting From Home Scrappy presents a show consisting of songs that converse with each other.

Featuring conversations in song from the troubled Wainwright family, The Band and Robbie Robertson, Lloyd Cole & Camera Obscura and others, Scrappy plumbs the depth of lyrical meanings and ends the show in a spinning vortex of musical hackerdom. Intrigued? Just press play.

After a month-long absence, Scrappy has returned following his lost weekend with Julian Assange.

On the first podcast of the new year Scrappy takes a look back at some of the great music that came out in 2010. From the soulful sounds of Mavis Staples to the big music of Arcade Fire, to the breakthrough sound of Mumford & Sons, Scrappy’s got the cure for what ails you.

Scrappy manages to crank out lucky podcast 13 just before heading out on a lost weekend in Iceland with Julian Assange. Michael Moore and a film crew will be there to capture the action, and you have the podcast here so you can follow along at home.

Running late after having to deal with the whole Scrappyleaks fiasco for most of the week, Scrappy is finally able to get podcast 12 out the door. Overusing the term “pay tribute” to the point where it’s laughable, Scrappy is broadcasting live from Houston, Texas, where he, umm, pays tribute to George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, to African pop music of the 60’s and 70’s and to Houston. I can dig it, can YOU dig it baby?

Scrappy’s back from Canada and presents a musical tribute to his neighbors from the north. He also steps right up and fills requests from some of his multitude of rabid fans. Enjoy your Thanksgiving, even if your family is driving you crazy.

This week’s special guest, Marvis Foley, decided not to drive up to Michigan to tape the show. Instead he sent a box of records with instructions on what songs to play. So listen to Marv’s choices, but with Scrappy leading the charge.

We’re broadcasting from studio B this week. No overarching themes on this podcast, just the usual free-form collection of tracks from the McGowan music library. From Penguin Cafe Orchestra to Carmen McCrae to Stevie Wonder to Frank Zappa, this ain’t your father’s podcast – well that is unless you’re my kids. In that case it IS your father’s podcast.